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, Éljúðnir (sometimes Anglicized to Eljudnir) is Hel's hall located in

Niflheim In Norse cosmology, Niflheim or Niflheimr (Old Norse: ; "World of Mist", literally "Home of Mist") is a location which sometimes overlaps with the notions of Niflhel and Hel. The name ''Niflheimr'' appears only in two extant sources: ''Gylfagin ...

as described in chapter 34 of Snorri Sturluson's

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in the book ''

Gylfaginning ''Gylfaginning'' (Old Norse: 'The Beguiling of Gylfi' or 'The Deluding of Gylfi'; 13th century Old Norse pronunciation ) is the first main part of the 13th century ''Prose Edda'', after the initial Prologue. The ''Gylfaginning'' takes the form of ...

''. The name ''Éljúðnir'' is

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and means "sprayed with snowstorms" or "damp with sleet or rain".Byock, Jesse. Trans. ''The Prose Edda'' (2006) Penguin Classics The hall is only mentioned in this chapter.

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The hall is described as featuring a threshold that is actually a pitfall called ''Fallandaforað'' meaning "falling to

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", her bed called ''Kör'' meaning "sick bed" that has bed curtains called ''Blikjandaböl'' which means "Gleaming Disaster".

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